Lindsay Wilson spent her short life standing up for others and helping society’s most vulnerable people, mourners at her funeral are told.

Lindsay Wilson spent her short life standing up for others and helping society’s most vulnerable people.

On Thursday evening, her family and friends packed a funeral home in Whitby to remember the beautiful 26-year-old Ajax woman who spent her whole life giving and had much more left to offer the world.

Wilson and Jeremy Raymond Pearson, 32, were found lying on a lawn in Bracebridge with gunshot wounds on April 5. Wilson died later in hospital, “senselessly and tragically,” her family said in her obituary.

Wilson loved taking photos of friends, dancing and enjoying the sunshine, her family said. She dreamed of travelling the world and getting married.

Some people spend decades figuring out what they’re passionate about. Wilson knew at age 8.

“My daughter had a vocation for working with vulnerable adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and she was the kindest, most compassionate soul,” her mother, Alison Irons, told the Star earlier this month.

Wilson was a little more than a month away from getting her degree, a bachelor of arts (honours) in child and family studies at Nipissing University’s Muskoka campus. She wanted to attend the University of Windsor’s master of social work program after graduation.

The small Bracebridge campus where Wilson studied is more like a family, university president Mike DeGagné said during Thursday’s service.

When her friends collect their diplomas next month, Wilson will receive her degree posthumously.

In his eulogy, Wilson’s brother, Andrew, noted how many great friends she had met during her life.

And he recounted memories from her childhood, laughing at the good times as he remembered his closest friend.